James Franco plays Cuban leader Castro
Filming of the movie “Alina de Cuba”, co-starring James Franco, Anna Villavigne and Mia Maestro, will begin in mid-August. With a military revolution, and the conflicts that took place during his rule, sparked events in Cuba and around the world.
American actor James Franco plays Fidel Castro in the independent film “Alina de Cuba,” which centers on the “rebellious daughter” of the late Cuban leader, the film’s producer announced.
Producer John Martinez O’Phelan told AFP that the director had wanted to cast the role of an actor who “looks like Fidel Castro, and has a charismatic personality,” adding that he eventually decided to offer the role to James Franco, after considering the possibility of choosing one from a group of people with ancestry. Latin American or Iberian.
Participation in this film will be the second for Franco, 44, since he was accused of inappropriate behavior and harassment in 2018, when 4 former students at the acting school he founded claimed that he used them during daring scenes. In an interview with Franco last December, the actor, who was nominated for an Academy Award in 2011 for “127 Hours,” admitted that he had had affairs with some of his students.
Miguel Bardem, a relative of Spanish actor Javier Bardem, will direct “Alina de Cuba”, and Martinez Ovelan said that the film will be filmed in Colombia as of August 15.
Anna Villavigner plays the role of Alina Fernandez, daughter of Caster, and Argentine star Mia Maestro, who plays Natalia Revuelta Claus, co-stars. Alina Fernandez, a 66-year-old opponent of the Cuban revolution, has lived in exile since the 1990s, resides in Miami, and has written an autobiographical book called Castro’s Daughter: An Exiled Memoir of Cuba.
It is worth noting that Mia Maestro is an Argentine actress, singer and author, born June 19, 1978 in Buenos Aires. 2006 She co-starred in Wolfgang Petersen Poseidon, a remake of the 1972 film, of the same name, and participated in several off-Broadway theatrical productions.
James Franco’s last television work was The Deuce in 2017, before he was accused of assault cases, and co-starred with the series, Maggie Gyllenhaal.